The 24-year-old's career has been plagued by a succession of injuries since his barnstorming Test debut in late 2011 but Cummins is currently fit and firing ahead of the Champions Trophy. He is part of Australia's "dream team" with James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, with the quartet set to combine for the first time.

After emerging unscathed from a gruelling prolonged period in India, which combined Tests and the Indian Premier League (IPL), Cummins believed he was over his injury woes. "I've been playing games for about eight or nine months flat out without really missing a game or being rested," he said on Monday (May 30). "I feel like I'm in a really good place and I feel like I've played a lot of cricket. It's been a bit of a dream run which is always what you hope for. So I'm feeling really good."

Cummins said he was excited about bowling on friendlier wickets for pacemen. "I've been bowling on Indian wickets for the last three months so it's nice to have a bit of a change," he said. "The two biggest weapons over here are pace, and we're lucky we've got three of four guys in the squad who can bowl quickly, and accuracy is just so important."

Meanwhile, Chris Lynn, Australia's explosive batsman, said he was unsure whether he would be selected for Australia's opening Champions Trophy match against New Zealand on Friday (June 2).

"Whoever plays in the best XI is obviously there for a reason and whoever's missing out is a bit, well, not stiff because who do you drop out of that line-up?" he said. "We're all good players. Whatever happens... if we win the competition who cares?"

Lynn admitted fearing his Champions Trophy was over after injuring his shoulder in the recent IPL. "It was probably the first thing that crossed my mind that it would dampen my chances of playing here," he said. "That's why I stayed over in India because I knew, there's not a great deal to do over there and rehab was the first priority. I knew that if I stayed over there and tried to get a bit of game time, I'd give myself every chance to get myself fit for this.